Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community - PyTennessee 2015

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1. Stronger Than Fear

   Mental Health in the Developer Community
   Ed Finkler • @funkatron • funkatron.com
   PyTennessee 2015 • #pyTN2015
   

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2. Who I am
   

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3. An informal survey
   

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4. My diagnoses
   

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5. Generalized Anxiety
   Disorder
   

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6. Adult ADHD
   

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7. Meds I take
   

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8. Lexapro
   Buspar
   Strattera
   Klonopin
   

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9. I see a therapist
   

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10. Feeling alone/unlike
    anyone else
    

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11. I'm broken and
    I will never be right
    

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12. How it affects us
    

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13. 1 in 5
    

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14. Level of disability
    

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15. Disease burden
    

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16. Economic Cost
    http://www.fccmh.org/resources/docs/EconomicBurdenofMentalIllness.pdf
    ๏ Mental health conditions are the second
    leading cause of workplace absenteeism
    ๏ Workers w/ depression lose 5.6 hrs/week

    Workers w/o depression lose 1.5 hrs/week
    ๏ Depression: $43.7 billion in absenteeism
    from work (200m days lost), lost
    productivity & direct treatment
    

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17. Mental Health in Tech
    Survey Results
    US Non-self employed only; as of 9/13/2014
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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18. http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    Do you feel that your employer takes mental
    health as seriously as physical health?
    

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19. Do you think that discussing a health issue with
    your employer would have negative
    consequences?
    Mental
    Physical
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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20. Would you bring up a health issue with a
    potential employer in an interview?
    Mental
    Physical
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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21. Do you know the options for mental health care
    your employer provides?
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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22. Does your employer provide resources to learn
    more about mental health issues and how to
    seek help?
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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23. Is your anonymity protected if you choose to
    take advantage of mental health or substance
    abuse treatment resources?
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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24. Don't know
    Very easy
    Somewhat easy
    Somewhat difficult
    Very difficult
    How easy is it for you to take medical leave for
    a mental health condition?
    http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
    

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25. Sick workers don’t work
    

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26. 41%
    

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27. 8 years
    

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28. Making your workplace safe
    

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29. 1. Get Buy-In From C-level
    

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30. 2. Mental Health First Aid
    mentalhealthfirstaid.org
    info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org
    202.684.3736
    All supervisors/managers
    

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31. 3. Know Local Resources
    nami.org
    mentalhealthamerica.net
    

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32. 4. Know Your Coverage
    

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33. 5. Actively Engage
    and Educate
    Get help from local orgs
    

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34. We cannot stay silent
    http://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html
    

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35. I need your help.
    Talk. Share. Learn.
    prompt.engineyard.com
    osmihelp.org
    mentalhealthfirstaid.org
    

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36. Thank you
    Camille Wilson
    Johanna Wu
    

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37. Thank you for listening
    funkatron.com/osmi • osmihelp.org
    

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